Hi All,
Early Education have sent through a range of support resources (below) that you might find useful for yourself or to pass on:
Playing and Exploring
The Gruffalo website
Siren films website has short courses using their video clips from Dr Sue Allingham and Anne O’Connor – supporting attachments
Octonauts on CBeebies if you feel inspired by Dr Verity Campbell-Barr’s blog on home schooling on our Early Education website
@RebeccaRHelm on Twitter is tweeting facts and pictures about the open ocean every weekday
@Emilydoodles on Twitter is the learning officer at Leeds Museum and is sharing fascinating scientific objects and facts – one week was all about sea creatures.
Creating
Bird drawing – Matt Sewell on Instagram live bird drawing on Friday afternoons.
@ScholasticUK on Facebook are showing Julia Donaldson reading and performing songs live every Thursday at 4pm.
If you use Apple, Eric Carle: Artist and AR pioneer has enabled The Very Hungry Caterpillar AR to enter the (almost) real world with augmented reality!
Chester Zoo on Facebook have been live with their virtual zoo days and you can view their films afterwards on their page.
50 things activities to do in your back garden if you’re lucky enough to have a garden this has plenty of ideas. Alternatively, the 50 things to do before you’re five App offers many options.
Loving reading
Love my Books are leading the #EYPictureBookClub hashtag. In April they focused on We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
In May it is Oliver’s Vegetables which coincides with all those planting and growing opportunities at home and school.
Our Loving books together at home blog lists more links for accessing picture books
Explaining in child-friendly language
The Scared Gang Have to Stay at Home book free to download gives a lovely explanation for young children
Nosy Crow free information book explaining the coronavirus to children – free to download
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